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Endorser of the SMART Campaign’s Client Protection
Principles for Microfinance

Finance in Motion signed the Principles for Responsible Investment, published by the United Nations (UN PRI).

In July 2010, Finance in Motion endorsed the SMART Campaign’s Client Protection Principles for microfinance in order to promote the implementation of socially responsible standards and practices throughout the microfinance industry.

Client Protection Pinciples are designed to protect microfinance clients from potentially harmful financial products and ensure that they are treated fairly. They promote the adherence of MFIs to six pro-consumer principles:

  • Avoidance of over-indebtedness
  • Transparency in pricing
  • Appropriate debt collection
  • Staff ethics
  • Mechanisms for redressing grievances,
    and confidentiality of client data.
Finance in Motion has committed to support providers of financial services that adequately protect their clients by incorporating the Client Protection Principles into its screening, due diligence, audits, monitoring, reporting, and governance roles.

For more information, please visit:

Press release "Finance in Motion endorses the SMART Campaign’s Client Protection Principles"



The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) has developed a guide for investors, Providing them with a number of options for incorporating client protection practices into their internal processes and systems
  1. Incorporate the Principles in investment policies
  2. Endorse the Principles publicly
  3. Encourage current and prospective investees to discuss and endorse the Principles
  4. Develop, test and refine criteria and procedures to assess investee implementation of the Principles during screening and due diligence processes
  5. Integrate the Principles into financing or shareholder agreements as appropriate
  6. Monitor implementation of the Principles by investees through mandatory reporting and regular monitoring and evaluation
  7. Report on progress to investors and other stakeholders